reverb
/ˈɹiˌvɝb/noun, verb
reverb is a noun meaning “An electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-V-E-R-B and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reverb mean?
noun
- 1
An electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo echo.
- 2
To apply a reverb (electronic echo effect) to.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reverb?
- UK /ˈɹiːvɜːb/
- UK /ɹɪˈvɜːb/
- US /ˈɹiˌvɝb/
Reverb has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reverb.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reverb2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of reverb
- reverbs present, singular, he/she/it
- reverbing participle, present
- reverbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reverb?
Reverb appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Reverb in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense electronic effect:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does reverb come from?
Clipping of reverberation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).